Why some powerful characters in the series have no devil fruits

In A piecePower comes in many shapes, but two forces stand over the rest are Haki and devil fruits. Devil Fruit is one of the most fascinating and mysterious elements in the series. These strange fruits grant their users incredible skills, but do not automatically make a user strongest.

Another electricity system in A piece Is Haki, which is the purest form of strength. In contrast to devil fruits, which grant supernatural skills at the expense of weakness for the sea, any Haki can arouse if they are determined to cross their limits. Despite the overwhelming potential of the devil's fruit powers, some of the most powerful characters in the series have never tried to eat the fruits of the devil. Instead, they only rely on Haki to dominate their enemies.

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Haki against devil fruits

The weaknesses of devil fruits

In the beginning, Devil Fruits seemed the ultimate source of strength in the A piece Series. Luffy's rubber fruits turned him into a rubber man, and logia users such as Akainu and Kizaru seemed to be almost invincible. In the course of the story, however, it became clear that Haki is just as powerful, if not more than devil fruit.

Haki, who can counteract devil fruits

Armaments Haki (Busoshoku Haki): This type of HAKI enables users to harden their bodies and weapons, which means that they are strong enough to avoid the attacks by Logia users so far that even the strongest Devil fruit users suffer serious damage.

Observation Haki (Kenbunshoku Haki): It grants an increased perception and enables users to predict attacks even in extreme cases an insight into the future. This makes it incredible capital for non -devile fruit users against those with devil fruits.

Haki by Ero -Boat (Haoshoku Haki): This is the rarest form of Haki and is only led by the most extraordinary individuals so that they can dominate the will of others. Advanced users such as Shanks and Luffy can coat their attacks with the conqueror's Haki and increase their destructive strength.

While some Devil fruit users can also use HAKI, non-Devil fruit users, whose main power plant is HAKI, she can bring with her. Many of the strongest non-Devil female fertile users of a piece follow a philosophy that true strength from the skills of one's own power arises from the external power. Garp, known as the hero of the Marines, is so powerful that he struggles with the pirate king Gol D. Roger himself. His raw physical strength and armor, which Haki allows him to destroy battleships with bare hands. He never needed the fruits of a devil to reach his peak of strength. Even the strongest man in the world, Mihawk, is so clever that he can cut through entire mountains. These characters prove that experience and natural talent can be as powerful as the fruits of every devil.

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While Devil Fruits grant amazing skills, they also have considerable disadvantages that restrict their users. The sea is the enemy of Devil Fruit users because they lose the ability to swim. The world of A piece is covered by the ocean, which is a massive disadvantage. There were many cases in the series in which Sanji or Zoro Luffy and Chopper saved after they fell into the sea. While Haki can neutralize devil fruit powers, users can also make it prone to situations in which they cannot use them effectively.

The one -piece treasure

Shank's powerful crew of non -devilen orchards

The red-haired pirates are unique among the Yonko crews. While groups such as the Whitebeard pirates, Big Mom Pirates and Blackbeard pirates are filled with mighty devilish fruit users, Shanks and all of their crew are born exclusively on Haki and physical strength. Shanks himself is a great Haki user who is able to use Advanced Conqueror's Haki at a level that enables him to make opponents away from kilometers. Even Benn Beckman, his right man, is even feared by Kizaru and proves that raw strength and intelligence can keep up with the skills of the devil fruits. The non-occurrence of Haki users in Shanks Crew may not be unanimous. Shanks is someone who sailed with Gol D. Roger and must have learned something about the true power of Haki and why it exceeds devil fruits in a certain way.

In addition, there was a longstanding theory that the treasure of one piece is located deep below the sea and is hidden in a place where only those who can cross the ocean can be freely achieved. If this is true, it makes sense why Shank's devil fruits avoids. Devil Fruit user lose the ability to swim, which means that you have difficulty reaching a treasure hidden in the depths of the ocean. Since Shanks' entire crew is not restricted by the sea, they are ideal for traveling underwater.

Perhaps Shanks who rely on Haki is a message that those who reach the real end of the trip will not be those that are bound by the weaknesses of the devil fruits. As A piece Close to his end, Shank's role becomes clearer. Whether he really knows the truth about the One piece or whether he simply follows Roger's will.

In the end, it doesn't make a character weak to have the fruits of a devil. It only means that you don't need anyone to be strong, and some characters just don't need it. Gol D. Roger, the pirate king, had no devil fruit, but he was the strongest man of his time. Despite the Gura Gura No Mi Fruit, his rival Whitebeard was still known for his big Haki championship. Even the straw hat captain, Luffy, had to master Haki to go against Kaido against Kaido, even though she had an overwhelmed devil fruit. While devil fruits are an incredible power source in one piece, they are not the only way to size. Some of the strongest characters in the series prove that Haki is as strong as any devil fruit.

A piece

Publication date

October 20, 1999

network

Fuji TV

Directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi ITō, munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takesa, Yoko. Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota,

writer

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Affe D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)